Wednesday, March 15, 2017

China February 2017

The elegant eRX5 is already showing up among the Top Sellers

BAIC EC180
Shines in Back to Normal Month

The Chinese market had more than 16.000
new EV's zooming the streets last month, a 55% increase over the same month
last year, so it looks the January standstill is a thing of the past and we are
back at Business as Usual in China’s EV market.

With Year-to-date sales still 3.000
units behind last year result, this market needs to make up for the lost time
and resume the 30% growth path won last year.

All this while 95% of the market
still belongs to domestic brands. For the record, of the 5% left for foreign
brands, 4% belong to Tesla and the 1% is for the remaining auto makers…

Interestingly, despite the EV market
becoming alive last month, China’s sales champion, BYD had another
disappointing performance, to the benefit of an ever stronger BAIC.

Here are the
February Top 5 Best Selling models individual performance:

#1 – BAIC EC180: The little hatchback has
registered 2.800 units, confirming
itself as a strong contender for the 2017 Best Seller status, winning for the
first time the Monthly Best Seller Trophy in only its third month on the market.
Beijing Auto must be happy with its electric baby, the first of a slew of new
models coming from a dedicated EV platform. Yes, BAIC is not kidding around
anymore.

#2 – Zhidou D2 EV: The tiny “car” continues its
success story in the EV market into 2017, with 2.206 units in February. It looks small EV’s won’t go away anytime
soon…

#3 – Zotye Cloud EV: A Top 10 player last year, Zotye’s
small EV started the year in February, with 1.525 units, and is now looking to recover lost sales, in order to beat
last year numbers, when it delivered 16.417 units of this tiny five-seater.

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#4 – Zotye
E200: This electric
model is essentially an electric China-made Smart beater, and for 70.000 Yuan
(10.100 USD), you get quite a lot: 80 hp engine, 120kms/hour top speed, 24.5
kWh battery, 220 kms range…Not bad,eh? Anyhow, the Zotye E200 registered 1.142 units last month, making it one
of the strongest candidates for the Best Selling city EV title.

#5 – SAIC
Roewe e550: The PHEV sedan reached once again the Top 5 ranking in February, after
securing the Best Seller status in a strange January, the e550 was Fifth in February,
with 1.122 units, a 172% increase
YoY and promising to be a tougher cookie to beat this year than in the past.

Year-to-Date
Ranking – BAIC EC180 new #1

In the top positions, BAIC EC180
jumped to the leadership, while the Zhidou D2 EV came out of nowhere (Literally
nowhere, 0 registrations) to Second Place, dropping last month winner SAIC’s e550, to Third.

Other models climbing in the ranking
were two Zotyes, the #5 Cloud EV and #6 E200, with the Best Selling BYD, the
Tang SUV, climbing one position to Seventh.

Worthy mentions to the SAIC Roewe
eRX5, #11 with 739 units, while another locally-made Crossover, the BAIC EX200, is
now #13. A new trend for 2017?

Looking at the manufacturers
ranking, BAIC is the surprise leader, with 24% market share, followed by Zotye
(17%) and SAIC Roewe (15%).